texts: Italian-Egyptian and French singer and actress Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti was born in Egypt to Italian and Egyptian parents. Her interpretations of both sentimental ballads and pop music brought her admiration from politicians and intellectuals alike. After winning the title of Miss Egypt, she moved to Paris where she had overnight success with the song "Bambino". The first years of her career were marked by successful recordings such as "Gondolier", "Come prima", "Am Tag as der Regen kam", and "Itsi bitsi petit bikini". In 1964, the first Platinum disc in history was awarded to <mask>, who was already a household name in France and Europe. She sang at concerts around the world and spent two-thirds of her income on new successes. The success of the song "Darla dirladada" was guaranteed by the founding of her own record label."Paroles, paroles", "Je suis malade", "Gigi l'amoroso", and "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" were some of the most notable French songs. The Reine du Disco, as she was known in French, was established in the second half of the 1970s with the songs "Besame mucho", "Génération 78" and "J'attendrai". "Helwa ya baladi", the unofficial anthem of Egypt, is one of the megahits she leads with in the Middle East. Through the 1980s, <mask> enjoyed the status of a diva, carrying her historical show from the Palais des Sports across five world continents with the songs "Comme disait Mistinguett" and "Gigi in Paradisco". Some of her most powerful ballads, "Mourir sur scne" and "Pour en arriver l", became her signature songs due to a new set of problems in her personal life. The crown of her acting career was achieved in the 1986 film The Sixth Day. She took her own life four days after her last concert.Her death led to an image of a tragic diva and renowned singer. She is the only performer in the world with success in multiple genres. The most award-winning French performer is <mask>. She has held the world record for the most weeks at the top of the music chart. She received more than 70 gold records and was the first singer to receive diamond discs. On January 17, 1933, Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti was born in Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt. Pietro and Filomena Giuseppina were born in Italy.Pietro and Giuseppina both played violin in taverns. By the time she was born, she had gained Italian nationality through jus sanguinis of both of her parents. Unable to make a living in their hometown, the young couple moved to the Shubra district of Cairo in the year they were married, between the births of Iolanda's older brother and Bruno's younger brother. Pietro became the violino at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and the family bought a two-storey house, both of which benefited from Giuseppina's work. Iolanda had to wear bandages for 40 days after she was 10 months old. Her father would play music to calm her. She had eye operations when she was three and five.She said she threw her glasses through the window because she wanted to see the world in a blur. The Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice is an Italian Catholic school. In 1940, her father and other Italian men were taken from their quarters to a prison camp in the desert near Cairo. Iolanda and other children in the neighbourhood were scared of Pietro after he returned home as a completely different person. She said she hated him when he beat her and her family. I wanted him to die. Pietro died of a brain abscess at the age of twelve.She was looking for a male partner the rest of her life. In her teen years, Iolanda developed an interest in acting due to her uncle's job as a projectionist for a local cinema, and often participated in school performances at the end of the semester, becoming popular in the neighborhood. She began working in a pharmaceutical company as a copy typist after graduating from college. Iolanda still had acting ambitions even though she had to work to help her family. Giuseppina was introduced to Miss Ondine by her best friend Miranda who assured her that it was just for fun and that she wouldn't find out. When I unexpectedly won second prize and Miranda won second runner-up, they were photographed and published in newspapers. Giuseppina cut Iolanda's hair short when she found out.Iolanda left her job to start modelling for Donna after her mother relented on her principles. Giuseppina gave her blessing to join the Miss Egypt competition on her 21st birthday. She appeared in a bikini in the salon of the L'auberge des pyramides. Iolanda became the representative of Egypt on Miss World 1955 in London after the judges were overwhelmed and 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 888-349-8884 Iolanda was cast in The Mask of Tutankhamun and A Glass and a Cigarette by Marco de Gastyne and Niazi Mostafa, respectively. She turned down the third offer after Gastyne told her to try her luck in Paris. Egypt did not compete in Miss World 1955 because of the crisis in the Middle East.The relocation to Paris took place on December 25, 1954. Gastyne's friend, the impresario Vidal, had a room in his apartment. She tried out for movie roles but failed each time. She had a brief relationship with her first neighbour, who was still unknown to the wider public. She tried singing because of her difficulty in finding acting work in 1955. She was introduced to a professor who would give her singing lessons for seven days per week at a low price. He was strict and used to yell.Their lessons ended with her slamming the door, but she always came back the next day. Seeing her progress, Berger arranged for her to perform in the cabaret Le Drap d'Or on Champs-lysées, where she was spotted by the director of La Villa d'Este. Bruno Coquatrix, the director of Olympia, invited her to perform at his singing contest Les numéros 1 demain, which was her first exposure to the public in France, after Paoli engaged her for a series of performances that proved popular. Coquatrix said in the future that the voice is full of colour and volume and has all that men love: gentleness, sensuality and eroticism. Alfred Marchand advised to change her name to <mask> because she resembled too much of the movie "Seinfeld" and it wouldn't help her popularity. Why don't you replace the second 'l' with a 'd'? She accepted the change.The 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 Eddie Barclay, owner of the largest recording house in France, and Lucien Morisse, artistic director of the newly established radio station Europe n1, met in Bar Romain to discuss what to do that evening. Morisse wanted to attend the singing competition at the largest venue in Paris, while Barclay wanted to watch a film. Morisse won a dice game that they settled their disagreement with. Their friend Coquatrix arranged a meeting with Dalida after she won the contest. The fateful event was the subject of several books and movies. The men helped launch her career.After the 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 888-666-1846 She performed Barco Negro on the second floor of the building at 26 rue Franois ler a few days later. His interlocutor demanded more work on mini-flaws, for a new auditioning in front of Eddie Barclay. The renewable one-year contract was signed in the office of Barclay at 20 Rue de Madrid, with a modest percentage on record sales, with the promise of increasing it if the expected success was accomplished. Coquatrix developed a strategy to grab the headlines while Morisse was responsible for radio promotion. He planned to promote her through a series of concerts, including two at the Olympia, two weeks in Bobino, and a tour of the provinces. Her first song "Madona" was recorded in June and was released in August with three other songs.On August 28, 1956, "Madona" was played on Radio Europe n1. The record achieved sufficient success and was followed by a second one a month later, which received an equally encouraging welcome. Morisse asked Jacques Larue to write a French language version of "Guaglione", the winning song of the fifth Festival di Napoli, in order to make her a star, while her promoter worked on developing a song that would make her a star. After receiving more public interest than all of her previous recordings, Morisse started to heavily promote the promo single, which was placed as the title song to the debut album Son nom est Dalida, which was issued by the end. The album was followed by a third one. The biggest-selling pop standard of the '50s in France, Belgium, Canada and Switzerland was Bambino, which went on to become one of the most beloved pop standard hits of the '50s. While the men saw in her a talent, sensuality and sexiness, the women saw in her a talent, sensuality and sexiness.Coquatrix named her the first sex-symbol of the song. Through 1957, "Bambino" was the longest-running number-one hit in the world's history, with a total of 39 weeks, still holding a record. It made <mask> an overnight star and gave her her first gold disc, the first time such an award had been received by a woman, on 19 September 1957 for sales of over 300,000. As the French music industry was still in the background, "Bambino" was described as a launch that announced what will happen in the coming decades, a start of really modern times where singer is more important than song". Her contract was extended for four years after she made her first TV appearance. She received her first criticism from a journalist, who said that she appeared in beauty and warmth, highlighted by a presentation of extreme sobriety. On the night of 27 February 1957, the opening act for Charles Aznavour was <mask>, and she held her first concert at the Olympia, and was widely applauded.A fan club for female artists was established in the summer, the first of its kind, after she performed in a series of concerts at Bobino. The success of Bambino through 1957 was followed by new recordings like Tu n'as pas trs Bon caractre that eventually replaced it as number one in France. The newly renovated Olympia appeared for the first time with a red neon facade sign when <mask> opened for Gilbert Bécaud in September. The first two names to appear in the hall were Bécaud and <mask>. After her second success there, she returned to the studio in October to record her third album, Histoire d'un amour. Staying in the top ten for eight months earned her a second gold disc. "Gondolier" was released over Christmas in 1957.While sailing the imaginary gondola, her dress' shoulder strap fell down, as she delivered a TV appearance for the exotica song with accentuated vocals. The reappearances of the video in the 1970s made the moment notable, and public started considering it icon as <mask> dared to do such thing on television during conventional times of society. "Gondolier" spent four months at the top of the French and Canadian charts and became her biggest hit since "Bambino". Pardon reached the number one spot in Canada. In France, Belgium and Luxembourg, <mask> started to perform more frequently. A radio programmer heard a recording of "Dans le bleu du ciel bleu" at the end of April. The radio station was flooded with calls from people asking for the number of the disc and when it would be available.As the song replaced "Gondolier" as number one in France, she scored a chart record

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texts: of five songs in the top ten at the same time. She went on to win the singer of the year award for six years in a row. In June of this year, she embarked upon her first Tour de France with <mask>; a daily appearance in the stage city of the 1958 Tour de France, which she repeated several times in future decades. She performed in Algiers during the summer to support the French soldiers fighting the Algerian War, and held a new series of Galas in France and Belgium that ended with two hours of autograph signing. During that summer, she released her third album Gondolier and recorded several new songs, all of which earned her a gold disc. The way for foreign rock artists to enter the market, like Paul Anka, was paved by Je pars. In the late 1950s, <mask> returned to film for the first time in four years, playing a singer-spy in a film called Rapt Au Deuxime bureau.She and Eddie Barclay both starred as themselves in brigade des murs a few months later. The two B movies were used to promote her songs "Inconnue mon amour", "L'amour chante", and "Aime-moi". She was the headline performer at Bobino for three weeks, promoting her latest releases "Du moment qu'on s'aime" and "Come prima". "Come prima" was a holiday hit in France and Belgium and was promoted on a Christmas-themed television set. The record's B side song "Si je pouvais revivre un jour ma vie" topped Canadian charts. According to her biographer Catherine Rihoit, her live television appearances "got her into the palms of society, keeping her position as a favorite singer of all age groups in the Francophonie", and marked an era of late '50s television shows. Norman Granz, the American impresario ofElla Fitzgerald, invited her to Hollywood and offered a fifteen-year contract to launch her career in the USA when she was in New York with Morisse.She said that she wanted to focus on her musical career in France, where she was already well-known with a secure fan base. The best selling singer in Europe in 1959 toured extensively, playing sold out dates in France, Egypt, Italy, and Germany. She started to record songs in other languages as her fame spread outside France. She performed her recent version of "Hava Nagila" on TV. She and Yves Montand received the most popular singer award in France on 2 March. She covered her own recordings "C'est a l'amore" and "Speel niet met m'n hart" in Flemish during the summer. In the summer of 2015, <mask> was back in the studio to record her first international hit."Le jour ou la pluie viendra", which was recorded in three languages, led to the top three spots in six different European countries. A gold disc was earned by the German language version of "Am Tag as der Regen kam". It was the best-selling record of the year in Germany, and remained one of the most successful songs in the country's history. She received a Goldener Lwe award for the best-selling musical artist of the year in Germany during the closing night of the Berlin Film Festival. One of her biggest success in Germany was her first international recognition, which came with a half-million accumulated copies of the song. "Ciao, ciao Bambina" and "Guitare et tambourin" both earned gold discs when they were in the French charts. In Italy, she received the Oscar di popolarit and Lupo d'oro awards for the best-selling musical artist of the year.Her international recognition was furthered by those two foreign awards. She delivered a sentimental performance in front of a crowd in Rivoli cinema when she was a child, performing in sold out concerts in Berlin, Athens and Cairo. The Mademoiselle Jukebox was installed at the Parisian Thétre de l'toile in recognition of her being named the most listened to artist in France. She sold three and a half million records by the end of the year, making her the highest selling European artist. "Les enfants du Pirée" and "Itsi Bitsi petit bikini" were both released in 1960. She reached the top of the charts again with "Romantica" in April after embarking on her first world tour. "Les enfants du Pirée" was the third release of the year and brought huge commercial success, becoming her second big international hit.It topped charts in three of the six European countries and Canada. The tube de l'été expression was invented after it became the first song by a French singer to sell over one million copies internationally. It was recorded in five different languages and made into a video. It was the first video in France that really made a shift from the era of outdated videos. Her second win of Italian awards Oscar di Popolarit and a Lupo d'Oro was for the best-selling musical artist of the year. The emergence of the new musical style yé-yé in France was not a good idea as the new singers would only occupy the charts and disappear. The music hall songs and singers, like <mask>, became obsolete since the appearance of new radio programs for youth.In September, she covered the US hit "Itsi bitsi petit bikini", as she realized that she had to make a drastic change to retain her image. One of her signature songs became the first big hit in France and received the title of second tube de l'été. After securing her position as a lead singer in France, "Itsi bitsi petit bikini" introduced her to a whole new generation of young fans. Her second record sold over a million and was her 13th golden disc. "Milord", her first album issued solely for the Italian public, was a number one in Austria, Germany and Italy. In the course of a year-long world tour, she performed in countries across Europe, Canada and several Arab states. In December, she issued "Joyeux Nol", a collection of four best known holiday carols in French, and with New Year's show Réveillon de Paris breaking the record of TV audience with nearly six million spectators."Save the last dance for me" by The Drifters was covered by <mask> in January 1961. It remained her biggest French hit of the year as she busied herself with another year-long world tour which started in Teheran in front of the Iranian royal family. The last leg of the tour included a concert residency by the artist at the venue. Due to her recent love affair, divorce from Morisse and new y-y wave, several critics said it was an "attestment of an end and downfall of <mask>". According to Beuve-Méry of Le Monde, the month long show was a sell-out success with the premiere night broadcast live by Radio Europe N1. Edith Piaf told her she was a winner, like him, as she was among other musicians who attended. It will be you after me.In 1981 she broke the record for the biggest public attendance at a concert with 52,000 spectators in 30 days. At the end of the year, she finished her world tour in Ancienne Belgique in Bruxelles. "Nuits d'espagne" and "Tu ne sais pas" were two of the top ten hits internationally, as well as a set of new Italian songs on Canta in Italiano. She made a number one hit in Austria and Germany with "Pépé" in April. Two albums were issued by her. During the spring of Italy, she signed with Giorgio Simonelli, who directed the first film in which she plays the main role. After one of the tracks was used in the movie, it was re-dubbed and renamed "Parlez moi d'amour" for the French audience.The posthumous release of "Ho trovato la felicit" is one of the recordings featured in the movie. Che dollari is a different movie than her previous ones. The moderate gross eventually surpassed the budget. Rihoit said that since it is her first color film, all the power and acting potential that she carries in herself and transmits to the screen is clearly visible. "La Leon de Twist", "Le petit Gonzales", exhaust tours and scopitones were back on tour after a short break, starting in Canada where Tu peux le prendre had reached number one. On February 5th, in a popular youth French TV program Toute la Chanson, <mask> performed her latest song "La Leon de Twist". He was accompanied on the piano by Johnny Hallyday, who she said was the most friendly of teachers of this new rhythm.The performance boosted her track to the top of French and Belgian charts. "Achte-moi un Juke-box" followed the success of "La Leon de Twist". To listen to Elvis Presley, Les Chaussettes Noires, and Johnny Halliday is what the lyrics say. And <mask>? They still listen to her, what is she doing here? The current situation in France where the youth was fond of young singers, despite her success, was joked on her own account. The record spent two weeks at the top.From April to July, she traveled across Italy and Vietnam. Her popularity led to traffic congestion when she performed, but the local authorities interrupted her show because the song "La Leon de Twist" was considered to be a political act. "Le petit Gonzales", a cover of "Speedy Gonzales", which peaked in France, Belgium, Canda and Spain the following month, was one of the most memorable and nostalgic recordings of y'y. The album was issued by the end of the year. The best critically and commercially received scopitone was recorded in September 1962 for the song "Le jour le plus", which started a string of music videos followed 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 888-739-5110 Under the direction of young Claude Lelouch, who later became one of the most acclaimed French directors, <mask> was dressed as a soldier, walked through a war-torn forest in the middle of bombs, and accompanied real scenes from the Second World War. An image of Dalida was a hit in cafes.On 26 September, in front of a crowd of 2,000 people on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, "Le jour le plus long" topped the charts in France for two weeks and earned her another gold disc. More concentration on concerts, shift to pop; "Eux", "Amore scusami" and first Platinum disc <mask> fully spent 1963 delivering live appearance across the whole world and dedicating herself more to Canadian youth public. Her world tour was a success, with sold out concerts in Europe from Portugal to Poland, Asia, Fort-de-France, Latin America and the Arabian countries. She was the first artist to appear after Algeria's independence. She went to Hong Kong for three months to star in a movie with Serge Gainsbourg. The movie was a flop, but it received favorable reviews. The Oscar Mondiale del Successo dei Juke Box award was presented to <mask> in January of 1963.After covering Ben E. King's " Stand by Me", she switched to "Tu croiras", which was followed by an equally more melancholic string of recordings. "Eux" was awarded with the Oscar mundial du success du disque for drawing the most international sales by a French artist in 1963, and <mask> named her fourteenth studio album after it. The world tour lasted into 1964 with several short breaks. The French leg of the tour began on 11 April 1964, with a public attendance of over 200,000. "<mask> appeared with blond hair for the first time, and shocked the crowd that that didn't recognize her at first glance," said her brother. After the concert in Pont-sur-Yonne on 2 September, <mask> accepted the offer from the local truck drivers to become their godmother of honor. The same drivers on their roofless trucks brought Charles Aznavour, Francoise Hardy, Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan to the Olympia's entrance two days later for a concert residency.The sold-out residency received a lot of media attention after the event. The reporter turned to the camera after a teenage fan said: "We can hardly wait for her to appear, we've been screaming for an hour and the atmosphere is so crazy." "Ce coin de terre", "Ne t'en fais pas pour a" and "Chaque instant de" were poorly promoted through TV, eventually entering only top twenty. After finishing the tour in November, she came back to the studio to record "Amore scusami", an orchestral pop sentimental song which was a completely new genre to her. At the end of the year, the song became a hit and earned Dalida another gold disc, the first in two years. The album of the same name was released on 17 September after the success of "Amore scusami". Since her debut in 1956, Dalida has sold over 10 million records.It was the first time in the music industry that a term like "Platinum disc" was used. <mask> refused to perform at the Sanremo Music Festival and instead released her latest Italian hit "Ascoltami". After performing at Bobino and Tete de l' Art, she was in top ten in France and Belgium with a cover of Rita Pavone's " Viva la pappa". The B side La sainte totoche, written and composed by Charles Aznavour, peaked at number six in Turkey and was applauded by a prestige critic. The city of Fort-de-France became stagnant after more than 20,000 enthusiastic Martinicans welcomed her back on her world tour. The President of the Republic received an applause of this scale during his visit in 1964. The winner of the

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texts: Dalida Song Contest was rewarded the next day.According to a poll conducted by the IFOP on April 24, 1965, <mask> was the favourite French singer of the decade. "La Danse de Zorba", a song from the 1964 comedy movie Zorba the Greek, became her biggest international success since " 24 mille baisers" in 1961. The song entered the top three in six countries and was the top song in two countries. It was also the best selling record of the year in Brazil and France, and earned two more golden discs. In 1965, "La Danse de Zorba" received the title of the year's tube de l'ete, along with "Aline" and Hervé Villard's Capri. During the summer, she played a supporting role in Menage all'italiana, alongside Ugo Tognazzi and then debutante Romina Power, as well as releasing one of her first records in a single format. The song "Il Silenzio" came out in October.In Europe, Canada and Latin America, it was the best selling record of the year, beating "La Danse de Zorba" and receiving a gold disc. "Le flamenco" and "Scandale dans la famille" were well-received in Belgium and Canada. The album of the same name was produced after the success of "Il silenzo", which was the most successful year in <mask>'s career up to that date. The world tour began on 13 February in Paris and ended on 31 December in Toulouse. Dalida toured Canada, Latin America, Arab states and across Europe. The year began with a number-one hit in Latin America, El Cordobes, which was a product of friends collaborating with a bullfighter. In the same period, she started employing her family members, with her brother Bruno as her artistic director and her cousin Rosy as her secretary.At the end of the year, they produced an Italian album and three more EPs. "Parlez moi de lui" did not achieve commercial success but became one of her first power ballads and was used in the US by Cher as "The Way of Love". In Argentina and Italy, it was the number one hit and the best selling record of the year. "Petit homme" was accompanied by a tambourine playing live. The French satiric movie La Morale de l'histoire included a song called "Je sortirais sans toi". During the summer of Rome, she was introduced to a new cantautor named Luigi Tenco, who sang "La danza di zorba" in duet. She was asked to participate with Tenco at the next Sanremo Music Festival.She accepted this year's festival because she was in a secret relationship with Tenco. The new Dalida is born! In January 1967, with the help of Mama, <mask> had success in France and Turkey, and was back on top of the Italian charts. "Ciao amore, ciao", written and composed by Tenco, was released alongside as they chose it for their song at the Sanremo Music Festival. They both sang their own versions of the same song at the festival. Under the influence of stage fright and alcohol, Tenco delivered a very bad interpretation, but they were eliminated in the first round. Tenco was found dead in their hotel room the following night.It was reported that the suicide letter explained how he died by suicide due to elimination, as protest to hoax and bribed jury, but the major suspicion was that the mafia was involved. The next concert in Boulogne-Billancourt was canceled because the public did not know anything about their relationship. On 7 February, she appeared on the TV show Palmares des chansons dedicating her performance to Tenco. She wore the same dress that she wore when she found his body, but she didn't show any signs of depression. She spent five days in a coma after attempting to take her life. Her worldwide public was stunned by the truth about her engagements with Tenco. Her career was stopped for three months.On the verge of tears, she made her first TV appearance after four months interpreting "Les grilles de ma maison", a cover of Tom Jones' "Green, Green Grass of Home". The song was dedicated to her return to life, with the lyrics "I was afraid that everything would be foreign to me, but nothing seems changed, it's good to open the grilles of my house." At the same time, Italian album Piccolo ragazzo became a chart success and "Ciao amore ciao" topped several international charts. She performed daily in the stage city of the Tour de France during her comeback tour from June to September. There was a re-release of 1959's "Hava naguila" and a new version of "Son tornata da te" by Tenco. One of the earliest greatest hits albums of all time was released in September of 1965, a collection of her gross hits from 1956 to 1965. On the night of October 5th, <mask> opened her third concert residency in Olympia.She made a change in her career by presenting new songs like "J'ai décidé de vivre" and "Entrez sans frapper". Dressed in a long white dress, that she would wear non-stop on tours in future years, she once again achieved huge triumph at the venue. The press referred to her as Saint <mask>. "Dalida killed Mademoiselle Bambino" was written in France-Soir. The new <mask> is here! After competing for four months at Canzonissima, the most popular TV show in Italy, in January 1968, <mask> won with "Dan Dan Dan" that reached number two in Italy. In her first main role in five years, <mask> played stewardess Judy in the Italian romantic drama Io Ti amo.As a result of the movie being filmed in colour and several of her new songs appearing in, it provided a critically acclaimed music video for her latest Italian chart topper and gold certified L'ultimo valzer. After the filming, <mask> embarked upon a two-year-long world tour. In summer 1968 she won the main prize at Cantagiro, an Italian summer festival, after participating in more than 300 live performances. During the third leg that started on 9 January 1969 in Milan, <mask> performed in Yugoslavia and in lower parts of Africa for the first time in her career. The tour ended in Iran in February 1970. "Si j'avais des millions" and "La bambola" were minor hits in 1968, but in September of that year, the song "Le temps des fleurs" became a huge hit in France. It was an instant number one hit with a fair chart performance in several other countries, eventually being recorded in two more languages.An album of the same name was released, as well as a personal record and a gold certificate for the same person. The end of a long era was announced by "Le temps des fleurs" with an issue in single format. On December 5, 1968, in Paris city hall Htel de Ville, General de Gaulle gave the Medal of the president of the Republic to a woman who he described as "success, kindness and modesty of this woman." She is the only person from show-business in France. The Council of Paris bestowed the medal of the city of Paris on her, as well as naming her the Godmother of Montmartre pulbots, the old name for poor children of the quartier where she lived. "L'an 2005" and "Les violons de mon pays", both of which were poorly promoted on TV and radio, attracted some success in Turkey and France. "Oh lady Mary" was her last hit in Italy.The release of three new albums, Canta in Italiano, In Deutsch and Ma mre me disait, was followed by a dance on German TV. She won the first Radio Luxembourg singer of the year award and the best selling artist of the year award in Italy, as well as the MIDEM award for the best selling artist of the year in Italy. <mask> and her brother were already planning to form their own record house as a way to release and control her musical output. The last record released under the Barclay label was by <mask>. One of only a few independent producers of French show business, Dalida signed a contract with International Shows on July 1st. The first record in the series was Darla dirladada. The Greek folklore song was released as a single on July 15."Darla driladada" sold 75,000 copies in the first week, setting a record for largest weekly sales in France. During the summer, the song stayed atop of the French sales charts for three weeks and gained gold certification in a month. The second record under her new label was a cover of "What Have They Done to My Song Ma". She won her second Radio Luxembourg award for it. The first album issued under International Show was Ils ont changé machanson, followed by Pour qui pour quoi. In October 1971 she was going to book herself at Olympia for her big Parisian comeback after four years. Bruno Coquatrix didn't like her new style and refused to produce the show so she rented a venue and paid herself.Posters announcing a concert residency on the Champs-lysées were thirty meters long and four meters high. The public and critics named her "the queen of the theater" and "a modern Phaedra". Coquatrix offered "Dali" to come back whenever she wanted, without having to pay a single cent. The video was first issued in 2012 and the live album was published a year later. The concerts were held in Asia, Canada, Europe, Lebanon and Latin America. She continued to choose her new songs only for their poetic value, but still paid less attention to their commercial promotion, again traveling to Asia to develop a better understanding of herself. As Jacques Pessis said, "masses of crazed fans were chanting "Dali" for the first time."She shaped her early 1970s image by expressing her natural emotions. The songs "Jésus bambino" and "Jésus Kitsch" were inspired by Jesus Christ Superstar. "Parle plus bas" was a cover of the title song of the Mafia. It became a hit in France by the end of the year and received a gold certificate. "Paroles, paroles" and "Je suis malade" were recorded in the late 1970s. The lyrics tell a story of a man offering a woman "caramels, Bonbons et chocolat" and repeating "que tu es belle" (how beautiful are you), to what she answers with "paroles, paroles" indicating that his words are nothing. The single "Pour ne pas vivre seul" topped charts in France, Japan, Mexico and Portugal, and had a fair performance in several other countries.It spawned a dozen international covers, inspiring foreign singers to record it in their native languages, after receiving a triple gold certification. <mask> and Delon did not make a TV performance for the song, but they did make several TV appearances for it. The song "Paroles paroles" went on to become one of the most notable songs in France. Pessis mentioned that the expression "paroles, paroles" is often used to evoke those who make promises and never hold them. "I am sick" became her signature song after she released another song in July. The writer of the song Serge Lama recorded and released it earlier that year, but it did not receive any attention until it was spotted by <mask> who later mentioned: "when I saw it on television for the first time, I cried and I knew I have to record it". It was a B-side to single "Vado via" because of <mask>'s intention to popularize Lama rather than getting a profit from song.After the release and two performances, her version became a hit, but Lama's original drew public attention. A natural expression of her personal connection to the lyrics that dealt with abandonment and despair was her gestures and facial expressions. The image of the "ultimate drama queen" was shaped by the renditions of the song during the future years. Lama and the composer of the song often credited <mask> for being the one who made the song a success, and for boosting Lama's career. "Je suis malade" became a song frequently sung at contests when it was covered by several singers. The promotional single A-side Il venait d'avoir 18 ans was released at the end of 1973. She released an album that contained most of her songs from 1973.The song Il venait d'avoir 18 ans was released as a single in 1974 but as a B-side to single A-side. The venait d'avoir 18 ans peaked in Quebec, number 4 in Belgium, number 13 in Germany, and number 37 in Italy, beating the record held by Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night from 1966 for the most. The first performance of both songs was in 1974. The whole four weeks was sold out and followed by a live album. In 1975, French music critics awarded the singer with the Prix de l'Académie du Disque Franais. The period of unprecedented sales would last from 1974 to 1975. She released a duet with her partner.This was the number 16 in France. Some songs from singles released in 1974 and '75 were included in a new album released at the end of 1975. The disco-genre song "J'attendrai" was the only one from the same genre. The first disco hit in France and the first disco hit in French language was this song. The inventor of French disco is <mask>. Around the same time, the popularity of the variety show in France was increasing and so was the popularity of <mask> on television. In 1976, after her disco success, she released a new album with completely new songs.Besame mucho was the number 7 in France and number 10 in Turkey. In her private and professional life, 1977 was a successful year for <mask>. She released three albums. She won her second four-week triumph at Olympia in 1977. Two of the other albums had completely new songs. It was the first Ra hit in the world. The song was translated into French,

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texts: Italian, and German.The lyrics are based on an old Egyptian folk song about homesickness and celebrating the Egyptian nation. In November 1978 she played two nights in New York's Carnegie Hall for the second time since the 1950s. The Carnegie Hall concert was reviewed by the New York Times and they praised it for its intimacy and intensity. French citizens made up most of the audience. It was another triumph for her that the concerts were almost sold out. She was offered a contract to perform in the USA for the second time, but she refused. An obsessed fan tried to kidnap her during her 1977 Canada tour but failed."The Lambeth Walk", sung in English and French, is a hit performance. Serge Lama's song "Je suis malade", which was originally performed by him, was made into a success by <mask> in 1977. "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" was the biggest disco hit of 1979. The song peaked at number 1 on the French charts. She released a song called "Comme disait Mistinguett" at the end of 1979. Her big disco hit, "Rio do Brasil", was released in 1980. The title song of the album was a sequel to her previous hit "Gigi l'amoroso".The two met in 1979. He became her choreographers for the upcoming spectacle in the Palais des Sports. The fifteen day performance consisted of three hours per day with ten costume changes and twelve dancers in front of an audience. The Palais des Sports of Paris was the largest venue in Paris and one of the biggest in France. The spectacle was followed by a double live album, a new European tour and a small World tour. She toured all of Western and Eastern Europe except for Yugoslavia and the USSR. She performed in Brazil, USA and Canada.She organized a tour across the whole of France, delivering more than 20 sold-out concerts monthly across the French towns and cities. Problems in her private life reappeared in 1980, and were reflected in the song " ma manire". The trademark years of the diva were 1981–1987. She broke up with St. Germain in 1981 due to problems in her private life. She started singing "I am sick" more often in 1973. One of her most remembered performances is her performance of that song. Her signature track is the song.She played a series of sold-out concerts in Paris from March to April 1981. After the Olympia went bankrupt, it became her last concert. She was the first singer to be awarded a diamond disc in recognition of her 45 million record sales. After the release of her last album, Olympia 81, it was not recorded live. She didn't want to be a model. Disco was replaced by dance songs in French clubs. She starred in a New Year TV show at the end of 1981.She hosted and sang. She released a new dance album, Special Dalida, at the beginning of 1982. The dance songs "Jouez bouzouki", "Danza" and "Nostalgie" are the most remembered songs of the album. After launching a new world tour in 1982, she spent most of 1982 to 1984 playing sold-out concerts in Europe and Asia. She made a lot of TV appearances in the 1980s. "La chanson du Mundial" was a song that was released for the French team during the 1982 World Cup. She released "Mourir sur scne" in the first part of 1983.The dance-pop song has very profound lyrics and has remained a big hit. "Lucas" and "Bravo" were two of the singles on her 1983 album, Les p'tits mots. She could not devote as much time to her career as she wanted because of her personal difficulties. She recorded a new collection of mostly dance songs. She recorded a collection of her songs in the late 1980's. The television special was filmed in 1984 and was directed by Jean-Christophe Averty, who was highly rated. It includes Dalida singing in seven languages and dancing her way through a huge number of her earlier hits with the best video effects available at the time and wearing more than 40 outfits from the best French and international fashion designers.The eye problems reappeared. She put her career on hold in 1985 after undergoing two eye operations. Reviens-moi is a cover of George Michael's "Last Christmas". She did live performances as well as many TV appearances in the early 1980's. She played a young grandmother in the film The Sixth Day after her eyes healed. She stopped singing to devote herself to the movie as she always wanted to be an actress. She went back to France to promote the movie.Le Visage de l'amour was her last album, which was released in 1986. Le temps d'aimer and Le Vénitien de Levallois didn't hit the charts after their release. Due to issues in her private life which had never been worse, she did not promote the album as well as she used to. She spent more and more time in her house alone or going out with friends in an attempt to amuse herself, again neglecting her career. She devoting herself to performing concerts instead of creating new material in the recording studio. She was known for her amazing "show" performances, wearing her wardrobe from 1980 to 1982, when she was known for organizing a lot of concerts on a monthly basis and singing her previously-known hits. Comme disait la Mistinguett, she sang glamorous disco-dance songs from the same period.By the beginning of 1987, she was entering into depression and trying to overcome it. She toured from Los Angeles to the Middle East. In 1978 she was part of the music spotlight and many of her songs appeared daily on TV. She hosted the Nuit des César on March 7, 1987. Her last live performance was in Turkey in April 1987. Her performance was not recorded by the national television of Turkey. Her private life was marred by a number of failed relationships and personal problems.In January 1967, she took part in the Sanremo Festival with her new lover. 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Tenco was found in his hotel room with a bullet wound in his left temple and a note stating that his gesture was against the jury and public's choices during the competition. Prior to Tenco's suicide, Dalida and he became engaged. She tried to take her life at the hotel in Paris. She was in a coma for five days.In October, she came back to the stage. She had a baby with a 22-year-old Italian student. She had an abortion that left her infertile. In September 1970, her former husband, who was on good terms with her, took his own life. In 1975, her close friend, singer Mike Brant, jumped to his death from an apartment in Paris. He was 28 years old. When he opened concerts for her in 1971 at l'Olympia, he contributed to his success in France.Richard Chanfray, her lover from 1972 to 1981 committed suicide by inhaling the exhaust gas of his car. On the night of May 2nd 1987, <mask> committed suicide by consuming barbiturates. She left a note that said "La vie m'est insupportable". Pardonnez-moi. Life is hard for me. I apologize. The Montmartre Cemetery is located in Chemin des Gardes.Since her death, she has become a cult figure for a new generation of fans. The poll was published in the French newspaper Le Monde and was commissioned by the Encyclopdia Universalis. Général de Gaulle was second. She is a gay icon in France and the Middle East. According to the criteria for the "Greatest Singer of the Century" in France, in 2003 <mask> was placed third after Madonna and Céline Dion, which means that she remained the number one favorite artist. Her output has been the subject of many albums. Since her death, many of her hits have 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611There are around 50 biographies written in her name. In 2009, she said that she had influenced her the most. Paris has a street named after her and a street in Canada has a street named after her. In 1965, I.F.O.P. According to a Paris Match magazine survey, <mask> was the only representative from show business to appear in a list of most influential French women. "Favourite French singer" was voted on in 1985 by Télé 7 Jours magazine. In 1986 a survey was published in which <mask> was voted the "Favourite French singer".The "Death of Général de Gaulle" was voted the greatest impact by the French public between 1968 and 1988 in a survey. The proof of the criteria to find out which person had the biggest impact on French society was found to be that of <mask>. The most important female singer who had the greatest impact on French society in the 20th century was dith Piaf. In 2004, <mask> was voted the "Favourite singer in 2004" amongst Italians, and held seventh place amongst the most collected musical artists in Italy. According to a survey sponsored by the France 2 television channel, <mask> is the 58th French person of all time. Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot, Simone Signoret, dith Piaf and Dalida were all from the show business. Several awards were created for her to be honoured, most of which were created for her to be impersonated.Several artists covered her songs after she died. Dozens of concerts, galas and TV appearances were held in several European countries to commemorate the anniversary of her death. The French Mint honoured <mask> with a coin in 1987 that had her effigy on it. On the 10th anniversary of her death, a statue of her was established in Paris. The "Dalida Prize" was established in her honor after a tribute was held in Cairo in 1998. She was honoured by the French government with a second stamp in 2001 as part of the Artistes de chanson series. Ten million copies of the stamp were sold during the eleven months it was available.The first TV spectacle for marking the 15th anniversary of her death was in 2002. In 2005, there was a two-part telefilm. Its first broadcast on France 2 reached 13 million viewers, its best audience number since its inception, and it still holds the record. An exhibit of her outfits, personal belongings, makeup, documents and previously undiscovered photographs were on display at the "Dalida expo" in Paris City Hall Htel de Ville to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. 300,000 people visited the exposition. 25 years after her death, the TV show "Dalida, 25 ans déj" marked the anniversary. The first time in history that the hall was used for a movie, it was for the premiere of the second movie in the series.French celebrities from public and political life attended the event. The second exposition dedicated to her was held in Palais Galliera to commemorate the 30th anniversary of her death. The exposition was visited by 100,000 people, a record for the gallery, due to its limited capacity. Several theatrical productions have been made about the life of <mask>. In addition to the ones listed below, at least a dozen theatrical adaptions of <mask>'s life have been performed at schools or in independent productions. The play Solitudini was performed in Rome in 1999. In October 2003 René Simard directed a performance of Une Vie in Quebec, Canada, and in May 2004 it was shown in Lebanon.13 million people watched the first broadcast of the two-part television film, "Dilada", in 2005. During the broadcast of a football match, France 2 had its highest ratings since its inception. The film has the record. The play was written by Joseph Agostini and was performed at the Thétre in Montmartre. In the film Dalida, directed by Lisa Azuelos, Sveva Alviti played the role of Dalida. The film had moderate success. It was the first time that the hall hosted a film presentation.The Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic was honoured with a Discography Filmography Awards. The Citizen of Honour was from the Calabrian region. The god of Montmartre street urchins. The Citizen of Honour is Graulhet. Culture of France Music of France Music of Italy Music of Egypt Music of Canada Cinema of Egypt List of cultural icons of

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texts: <mask> is an American football defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. A graduate of Agua Fria High School, he attended USC and played football. He was drafted by the Vikings in the fourth round of the 2010 draft and played for them for 10 seasons before signing with the Cowboys in 2020. He was re-signed by the Vikings in August 2021. Vikings Hall of Famer Randall McDaniel attended the same high school as Griffen. He was a defensive lineman and running back for the high school football team. As a junior, he rushed for 794 yards on 142 carries for eight touchdown, and had 12 reception for 168 yards and one 71-yard reception, where he outraced everybody for a score.He was double and triple-teamed but still managed 47 tackles and five sacks. As a senior, Griffen recorded 77 tackles, 16 sacks and a fumbled recovery as a defensive end and ran for 1,251 yards on 159 carries. He had 6 reception with 2 touchdown as a running back. His senior season honors included Super Prep Player of the Year, Scout.com Player of the Year, Parade All-American, first team, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, and Lemming All-American. One of the state's top performers in the throwing events was <mask>. He won the shot put and discus at the state meet. The shot put had a top throw of 58 feet and the discus had a top throw of 180 feet.The nickname "The Freak" was given to him after he ran a 4.26-second 40-yard dash at the 2005 Arizona summer camp, which led to comparisons to All-Pro defensive end Jevon Kearse. The basketball player earned first-team all-region honors. <mask> was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl with other USC recruits. He took official visits to USC, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, and Florida before committing to the USC on November 24, 2006 As a first-year true freshman backup defensive end in 2007, Griffen had an impressive showing, playing primarily in pass rushing situations. In the 13 games he played in in 2007, he totaled 21 tackles, including 5.5 for losses of 30 yards, two forced turnovers, one fumbled ball and two pass deflections. He became the first USC true freshman to start an opener on the defensive line in 21 seasons since Tim Ryan in 1986 against Illinois and the first true freshman to start on the defensive line since 2001 against Utah.In USC's 24–3 victory over Oregon State on November 3, he posted six tackles and a career-high 3.5 of USC's nine total sacks to earn Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week honors. He had six tackles, one sack, and one fumble recovery in USC's victory at Arizona State on November 22. He was named to the Freshman All-American first team, the Freshman All-American first team, the Freshman All-American first team, the Freshman All-American first team, the Freshman All-American first team, the Freshman All-American first team, the Freshman All-American first In the fall practice before his freshman season, Kyle Moore and Griffen got into a fight, but the two reconciled and are now friends. Pete Carroll staged a prank by having the Los Angeles Police Department enter a team meeting and arrest Griffen for physically abusing a freshman, who was previously aware of the prank. He was a backup defensive end for USC in his sophomore year. He played in all 12 games and started the first three games for the USC, recording 18 tackles, 6 for losses of 43 yards and 4.5 sacks.He had three tackles against Oregon State and California and two against Virginia. On July 4, 2009, at a Fourth of July party on Nantucket Island, Griffen and a teammate, Jordan Campbell, were cited for a noise violation, but no charges were filed and the two agreed to write a letter of apology. He finished the season with 45 total tackles, eight sacks, and one pass defensed. In 2009, he was on the second team. After USC's 24–13 victory over Boston College in the 2009 Emerald Bowl, <mask> announced he would forgo his final year of eligibility and enter the 2010 NFL draft. At the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine, Griffen put on a show, running an electronic-timed 4.56 in the 40-yard dash and bench-pressing 225 lbs 32 times. His 40 time was second among defensive linemen, while his 32 reps were sixth-best.Entering his Pro Day workout as one of the most scrutinized prospects in the NFL Draft, Griffen lived up to his nickname as "The Freak," posting a 34-inch vertical jump, 9-foot-7 broad jump and 40-yard dash time of 4.59 seconds, though some scouts had his second run The 100th player to be selected overall was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the second pick in the fourth round. After being inactive for the first five games of the season, he played in the final 11 games and finished his first year with 11 tackles. On January 28, 2011, he was arrested for public intoxication. He was arrested three days later for driving with an invalid license. He was tased when he tried to flee on foot. In his second season, Griffen played in all 16 games for the Vikings, mostly on special teams as a gunner on punt coverage at times, as well as serving as a regular on return units, helping the Vikings special teams unit set a team record with a 26.9 kick return average.His 4 sacks on the year ranked fourth on the team and contributed to the Vikings 50 total sacks on the season, which was tied for first in the NFL. His 18 special teams tackles ranked second on the team behind Eric Frampton. He recorded his first career sack in the second week of the season. He was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 His first sack of the year came in Week 2, when he brought down Andrew Luck for a 22-yard loss. It was the longest sack in the history of the team. After his mother died, he was given an indefinite leave from the team.In the week 15 game against the Rams, <mask> scored his first career touchdown on his first career pick-six, taking a Sam Bradford pass 29 yards for the score in a key victory for the Vikings. His 29-yard interception return touchdown is the fourth-longest in Vikings history. He made his first career start in a road game against the Houston Texans and finished the game with a solo tackle. He had a career-best 3 sacks against the Packers in the regular season finale that gave the Vikings a playoff spot. He had a tackle and a sack in the Wild Card Round. <mask> played in all 16 games with no starts in the savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay savesay is a savesay savesay savesay savesay is a savesay savesay is a savesay savesay is a savesay savesay is a savesay savesay is a savesay savesay is a savesay savesay savesay is a savesay savesay savesay is a savesay savesay He had 2.5 sacks in the final two games of the regular season.On September 29, he recorded the game-winning strip-sack on Ben Roethlisberger against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL International Series game at London. In the second game of the season, he tipped a Jay Cutler pass and Kevin Williams returned it for a touchdown. He had a career-high 3 tackles for loss in the loss to Cincinnati. He ended the season with 27 tackles and 5.5 sacks. The Vikings re-signed defensive end <mask> <mask> to a five-year contract worth $42.5 million. 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texts: General Sir <mask>e was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1812 after serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean, and Spain. During the War of 1812, his policies and victory in the conquest of Maine led to significant prosperity in Nova Scotia. The third son of the wealthy country squire <mask> and his wife Sarah was born on April 29, 1764, in Oxton. His father took his wife's name as his own. Sherbrooke joined the British Army as an ensign on December 7, 1780. He was promoted to lieutenant on December 22, 1781, and then to captain on March 6, 1783.The end of the American Revolutionary War brought a number of reductions to the army, including the disbanding of the 85th and the transfer of Sherbrooke to the 33rd. He came back to England in 1786. After the French Revolutionary War began in 1793, Sherbrooke was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 33rd and second in command to Wellesley. He participated in the retreat towards north-west Germany at the end of the year after he fought in the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign. After an attempt to join the West Indies Campaign in October 1795 was aborted due to large storms in the English Channel, the 33rd was sent to serve in India in February 1797. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was fought by Sherbrooke, who was promoted to colonel on January 1, 1798, and participated in the final defeat of Tipu Sultan on May 4, 1799. He returned to England in 1800 after his service in India was cut short by illness.He went on half pay after his break in service was worsened by the Peace of Amiens. After the end of The Peace in May of 1803, Sherbrooke was given command of the 4th Battalion of the Army of Reserve, a home defence force created to prepare for a French invasion, based at Norman Cross. He was promoted to major general on January 1, 1805, and served under Wellesley in the Hanover expedition between November and February. Most of the troops were withdrawn from Sicily in October 1807, leaving Sherbrooke in command of British interests on the island. He became colonel of the Royal Sicilian Regiment in February. While the court of King Ferdinand urged Sherbrooke to make offensive maneuvers towards mainland Italy with his troops, he instead began to improve Sicily's defences and prepare for a possible French invasion. He was replaced by Lieutenant-General Sir <mask>.4,000 men were given command of the Peninsular War in February of 1809. He joined the main British army in Lisbon because he did not want the British to interfere. He was promoted to lieutenant general on April 12th, making him the second-most senior general in the army. He fought in the Second Battle of Porto with a formation of men that was designated the 1st Division. The same month as the Second Battle of Porto, he became a colonel. At the Battle of Talavera, his division fought off the attacks of the French infantry but lost control of three of his brigades, leaving a dangerous gap in the British line. The 4 brigades that were included in the 1st Division were: Henry Frederick Campbell's British Guards, Alan Cameron of Erracht's British regulars, and the King's German Legion.The British positions were taken by the French on July 28, 1809. While British units were withdrawn out of sight from the French guns, Sherbrooke's division was exposed and suffered casualties before gunsmoke hid its position. The 1st Division was attacked by the French divisions of Pierre Belon Lapisse and Horace Sebastiani. The infantry were not to fire until the French came. The French were forced to retreat after these orders were carried out. The brigades only rushed after their fleeing enemies because Sherbrooke forgot to warn his officers not to advance too far. When the Guards came up against the French second line, they were followed by the French foot soldiers.The day was saved by the appearance of the 1st Battalion of the 48th Foot. The French counteroffensive was defeated after an extended exchange of musketry. Both losses were terrible. Lapisse's division lost 1,700 men out of 6,800, including Lapisse who was killed. Langwerth was killed and his brigade was reduced to 650 men, Lw's brigade lost 350 men, and the Guards lost 611 men. The brigade lost more than 600 men. Sherbrooke commanded the 1st Division through the retreat to Portugal, where he threatened to hang his officer if he did not provide the required food for his division, and he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in September.He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia on August 19th, 1811, after he resigned his command due to a recurrence of Sherbrooke's Malaria. The War of 1812 arrived at Halifax in October of 1812, as military commander of the Provinces of Nova-Scotia, New-Brunswick, and their Dependencies. The area of command was called Nova Scotia Command. The war of 1812 allowed trade to continue with Maine to the benefit of British merchants. He put the militias in a state of readiness to repel attacks after complaining about the lack of defences and the dilapidated fortifications. The Atlantic-facing provinces of Canada were able to flourish at a time when other areas were stifled by war because of Sherbrooke's tactic of informally continuing trade with the American states while still making sure that his own territory was protected. When the Napoleonic Wars ended in April 1814 more troops were made available for North America, and Sherbrooke used this opportunity to attack the disputed area of Maine between Passamaquoddy Bay and the Penobscot River, landing an expeditionary force of 2,000 men at Castine that August.The region was renamed the royal colony of New Ireland. During his time in Castine, Sherbrooke was able to collect customs dues, which were used to finance the Cambridge Military Library and the creation of Dalhousie College. New Ireland was under the control of Britain until April 1816, when the Treaty of Ghent restored it to the United States. He was elevated to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath for his service during the war. The majority of Sherbrooke's tenure as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia was spent on the war, but he made a significant effort to increase support for the Church of England, as most of the population were dissenters. While largescale changes were voted down by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, he provided small sums of money for the Church via taxation and allotted land for the construction of religious buildings. At the same time, he was aware that his support of the Church was not popular and so he held a balance between the two religious groups.His ability to work well with the civilian population and his active defence of the colony during the War of 1812 led to his appointment as Governor General of British North America. He formed a good relationship with the leader of the Francophone group, Bishop Joseph-Octave Plessis, while at the same time cementing the position of the Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He won the trust of Louis-Joseph Papineau by giving him a permanent salary, but didn't show favour by doing the same for Sewell. Despite his failing health, retirement and death Sherbrooke continued to work on the colony's finances. He suffered a paralytic stroke on February 6th, 1818, and discovered that the cold Canadian winters helped bring on recurrences of his Malaria. He left for home on July 30 after handing over his duties to the 4th Duke ofRichmond. He recuperated at the spas of Bath and Cheltenham after arriving in England in September.He died at Calverton on February 14, 1830, after he was promoted to general. Katherina was the daughter of the rector of Madresfield and was married on 24 August 1811 at Areley Kings. They didn't have any children. Wellington noted that he was the most passionate man he had ever met, despite his short temper and abrasive language. While he resided in Nova Scotia, his home was at Birch Cove on Bedford Basin. The neighbourhoods of Sherwood Park and Sherwood Heights were named after it. His name can be found in the community of Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia.The Geographic locations are Nova Scotia, New Ross, formerly known as Sherbrooke, Quebec, and Montreal Buildings Quebec. Military history of Nova Scotia is also mentioned. The Mapmaker's Legacy is about maps from the 19th century. Nova Scotia: Nimbus. The town of Heathcote, T.A. (2010). Wellington's Peninsular War Generals & Their Battles is a biographical and historical dictionary.South Yorkshire has a pen and sword. The National Assembly biography has links to the War of Governors of British North America and the French Revolutionary Wars.

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texts: An English journalist, businessman, and commentator named <mask> devised a new computerised fire-control system for use on battleships prior to the First World War. One of his most important technical innovations was the Argo Clock, a differential analyser which enabled big guns to engage with long-range targets when both ships were moving in different directions. The sixth son and eighth child of eight sons and two daughters was born to John Hungerford and <mask>. <mask>'s father was a convert to Catholicism along with Cardinal Newman and was educated at The Oratory School. He received a second-class degree from Trinity College in Oxford after reading Modern History. He went to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1893. He stood as a Liberal candidate for the Walthamstow Division of Essex in the General Election of 1895, but lost by a large margin.He continued to speak at Liberal Party events, but declined to stand in the by-election brought about by the resignation of Byrne. He married the daughter of a leading Conservative politician on September 7, 1898. He had a daughter who died when she was four years old, and two sons. He ran Linotype successfully for the next decade after being made the managing-director in 1898. The accuracy of the big guns was so poor that even at ranges of less than a mile the big guns could not reliably hit their targets. Britain's leading scientist at the time was on the board of the Linotype Company. The equations which arise from the relative motion of the ships engaged in the battle and the time delay in the flight of the shell were proposed to be solved by an analogue computer.James Thomson produced a tidal analyser using a ball, disc and cylinder differential analyser which was the original source of the suggested analogue computer. First accurate data is needed for the target's position and relative motion. This data was captured by a plot unit developed by Pollen. The firing ship had a gyro added to it. The development of the primitive gyroscope was needed to provide continuous reliable correction. The services of a designer named Harold Isherwood were used for Pollen's work. Although completely unsuccessful, trials in 1905 and 1906 showed promise.The firm of Thomas Cooke & Sons of York, who had been manufacturing components for his equipment, was taken over by the Pollen company. Early on, Pollen was encouraged by the rise of several prominent figures, including the Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes, John Jellicoe. The idea of being able to have ranges calculated for them so that they could achieve a greater rate of hits against the enemy was something that many officers in the navy were interested in. He met Frederic Dreyer for the second time when he presented his Aim Correction system to naval officers. The nature of Pollen's work involved close cooperation with the Navy, and upon Dreyer's appointment as Assistant to the DNO with responsibility for fire-control he was invited to view the Linotype works at Broadheath. Lieutenant Harding was the predecessor of Dreyer. The tests on Royal Navy warships were carried out intermittently.The equipment was purchased despite the objections of the previous DNOs. Dreyer started making his own computer. The difference between the systems was that the Dreyer system used a dual rate approach that plotted ranges and bearings separately, rather than using a single rangefinder to take both ranges and bearings to drive the drawing of a plan view of own and target ships. The systems were different in other ways. The Mark III was the first fire control table to include a gyro, but the single prototype Dreyer Fire Control Table did not. The Original Dreyer table and early service examples were later discarded in favor of manual plotting keyboards which were capable of plotting the data of multiple rangefinders. Dreyer was in charge of deciding which system to use within the Admiralty.A Royal Commission found certain aspects of the Dreyer table to be similar to <mask>'s work and a £30,000 compensation was paid to him in 1926 based on a theoretical number of his Argo units which were never built. Supporters of <mask> argue that the poor performance of Naval gunnery at the Battle of Jutland was due to the weaknesses of the Dreyer system, while others argue that the commander of the British battlecruisers, Vice-Admiral David Beatty, was to blame. At the outbreak of World War I, <mask>'s relationship with the admiralty had broken down to the extent that he had been removed from the list of recognised Naval contractors. The war interrupted negotiations with foreign navies which were trying to sell the argo system to them. Before the outbreak of war, some units were purchased by Russia, but no other countries bought them. It was under-employed. He asked Alfred Spender if he would be interested in articles about the naval war.The spender agreed. He became a full-time writer for Land and Water in 1915 after accepting a post as a feature writer. His work on the Argo AC system made it easier for him to have good relations with naval officers. He remained in contact with James Masterton-Smith, Private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and with William Reginald Hall, who was appointed Director of Naval Intelligence shortly after the start of the war. Should he need to present a story to the public, Hall commented on the usefulness of a responsive journalist. As a lecturer, Pollen spoke at public meetings about naval affairs. After news of the Battle of Jutland broke in Britain, Pollen attempted to correct the weaknesses of official reports issued by the admiralty, which as a terse statement of facts known to them, invited the worst possible interpretation of events.He tried to stress that the German fleet had fled in the presence of the British, and to spread this view amongst other journalists. Many other newspapers only began to regard the battle as a victory after this response to the news. The establishment and admiralty were supported by Pollen. He disagreed with their handling of the war. British supremacy at sea was secured by the dominance of the British fleet over the German, even though no battle had been fought, as was observed in articles written by Commentators. This was in line with theories of sea power. The cost in this case was that Germany retained control of the Baltic Sea and the British fleet was tied up in the North Sea.The fleet could have been used to fight submarine attacks. In April 1917, <mask> wrote an article in Land and water that was critical of the way the war against submarine attacks was being conducted. An article on 3 May argued that Britain had lost control of the seas in the face of mounting losses of merchant shipping to submarines, which drew the attention of the official censor and could not be published. If the article had been published, the reaction to the censorship of a respected columnist would have led to greater publicity of the issue. The admiralty had resisted introducing a convoy system for merchant ships because it was impractical and too few naval vessels were available as escort. By the end of April the admiralty had agreed to start forming ships into convoys, although it remains a source of debate to what extent this was a result of public pressure, the direct intervention of the prime minister, David Lloyd George or the natural result of convoy trials already being conducted. Although there was concern about shipping losses and shortages of materials and food, it's not clear what impact the situation had on Britain's ability to conduct the war.In June 1917, <mask> went to America to discuss possible sales of the Argo systems. The Director of Propaganda in the British Foreign Office asked him to publicise the work of the navy in order to encourage the development of the American navy. There is a perception among Americans that the British fleet failed to defeat the German fleet and thus left American ships open to attack. His position as a critic of British policy added to his credibility when he defended it. He was offered a knighthood by the British government if he returned to America and continued his propaganda campaign. He argued that he would be received differently if he acted in an official capacity. The actions of the British Grand Fleet were critical of by Jutland and Jellicoe.In May 1917, Ethel Beatty became friendly with <mask>. The First Sea Lord was going to be removed from his post within a month after Pollen told her. The Battle of Jutland was the subject of a book written by Pollen, "The Navy in Battle", in 1918. The author of the official report on Jutland described the book to be full of errors and almost unreadable. In 1921, he wrote to a friend that he had to turn down his inventions on more than one occasion. The interest in naval journalism declined after World War I as the Argo company ceased trading. As a part-time director of Linotype, <mask> joined the board of TheBSA.He became the vice-president of the Council of the Federation of British Industries. He was the chairman of the British Commonwealth Union, campaigning against the growth of socialism. One of the first management consultants, T. Gerald Rose, was hired to help restructure the company after the managing director position became vacant. He didn't have enough time to manage two companies when he was invited to become chairman of BSA. He was part of a group of Catholics who bought the Catholic magazine, The Tablet, in 1936, and served as its chairman for a year. There are external links to the papers of <mask>ford Pollen.

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texts: Considered one of the greatest golf players of all time, <mask>. was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, who was born on February 4, 1912. <mask>, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were all born within seven months of each other in 1912. Although he won many tournaments in his brief career, he is mostly remembered for having won 11 consecutive tournaments in 1945. He retired at the age of 34 to become a rancher, and later became a commentator, and the first PGA Tour event to be named for a professional golfer. He placed in the top 10 six times between 1947 and 1955 and as high as 15th in 1965, despite being a former Masters champion. <mask> received the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf, and was in the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was the second recipient of the award.GCSAA's highest honor, the Old Tom Morris Award, was given to him in 1994. <mask> was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold medal. His parents set a precedent for him not only in their long lives, but also in their age. Madge, who had grown up a Baptist, was christened in the Church of Christ at the age of 18 after meeting John. The elder <mask> went on to serve as an elder in the Church of Christ, and the younger <mask> was a committed member of that congregation, even performing janitorial services there from time to time after he became famous. He moved his membership from the Hilltop Church of Christ in Roanoke to the Richland Hills Church of Christ in Texas in 2000. When <mask> was 11 years old, his family moved to Fort Worth, where he lost half his body weight and was unable to sire children because of the disease.He began caddying at Glen Garden Country Club at the age of 12. <mask> said that he knew nothing about caddying at first, but it wasn't difficult to learn. The other caddies didn't like to see new ones because it might mean they wouldn't get a job soon. <mask>'s caddies weren't allowed to play at the club initially, but he would often practice in the dark, putting his white handkerchief over the hole so he could find it in the darkness. <mask>, a 14-year-old caddie, beat Ben Hogan, a future golf great, after a nine-hole playoff in a caddie tournament sponsored by the club. <mask> and Hogan were rivals but close friends in their teen years, but <mask>'s early success was difficult for the struggling Hogan to deal with, and they gradually grew apart, while retaining mutual respect. <mask> and Louise Shofner were married for 50 years before she died of two strokes.<mask> was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Texas was hit hard by the Great Depression. He was encouraged by two top-three finishes in Texas events. He took a club professional's job at the Ridgewood Country Club in 1935. He worked hard on his game because he realized that with the technological change from hickory to steel shafts, that the golf swing would have to adapt as well. <mask> was among the first of a new generation of players who developed a full swing with increased leg drive leading the downswing; this is the basis of modern golf technique as practiced by top players right to the present day. Nelson is thought to be the father of the modern golf swing.He took his game to the highest level of competition after refining the changes for a couple of years. <mask>'s first victory was in 1935 at the New Jersey State Open. He won the Metropolitan Open the following year. He won the tournament with $5 in his pocket. In 1937, <mask> was hired as the head professional at the Reading Country Club in Reading, Pennsylvania, and worked there until 1940, when he took a new job as head pro at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. <mask> was the coach and mentor of Frank Stranahan, who went on to become a household name over the next two decades. <mask> won his first major title at The Masters in 1937.He shot a first-round 66, which was the lowest first round score at the Masters until 1976, when Raymond Floyd had 65. <mask> won the U.S. Open in 1939, the PGA Championship in 1940 and 1945, and a second Masters in 1942. <mask> was out of military service during World War II because of a blood disorder that caused his blood to clot four times slower than normal. It has been reported that he had a bleeding disorder, but this is not true. <mask> and Harold "Jug" McSpaden, who was also exempt from military service, gave hundreds of golf exhibitions across the country to raise money for charity. <mask> and McSpaden were one of golf's "Gold Dust Twins". <mask> won the Vardon trophy.He was non-playing captain in 1965, but he played on two Ryder Cup teams. <mask> played occasional Tour events, appeared in a few overseas tournaments, and served as a ceremonial starter for many years after curtailing his schedule after 1946, although he continued to make regular appearances at The Masters as a competitor. <mask> had a record-breaking year in 1945, winning 18 tournaments out of 30 he played, including 11 in a row. The records haven't been beaten yet. <mask> and Jug McSpaden won the Miami International Four-Ball in March. He won 10 individual events, the last of which was the Canadian Open, where he was tied for fourth. He won the 1945 PGA Championship, the only major championship played that year.He missed the St. Paul Open because of a back injury. The results were thought to be a weakened tour due to the war. Many of the leading golfers of that time, including Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, still played a full schedule that year. Hogan won 5 times in the last part of the year, while Snead won 6 times. <mask> set a record for the scoring average that 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 "This year is now known as the greatest single year by a player on the PGA Tour, as Arnold Palmer said: "I don't think that anyone will ever exceed the things that <mask> did by winning 11 tournaments in a row in one year." The year was referred to by Tiger Woods as "one of the great years in the history of the sport".<mask>'s cut streak is second only to Tiger Woods'. Even if an event has no cut, the PGA Tour still defines a "cut" as receiving a paycheck. The top 20 in a tournament were the only ones to receive a check. <mask>'s "113 consecutive cuts made" are a representation of his top 20 tournament finishes. The tour war years of 1944 and 1945 made up half of the top 20s. <mask> had 26 tour wins during the two weakened tour years of 1944 and 1945. He had never won more than 4 events in a year.<mask> was the first player to reach 50 career wins on the PGA Tour. This feat has been accomplished by many people, including Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper, and Tiger Woods. <mask> achieved several notable performances of scoring and accuracy at key moments in major championships. <mask> hit the flagstick six times on approach shots and won the 1939 U.S. Open. <mask> was down four holes with five to go in the match. <mask> won the title the next day because he played those finishing holes with an eagle and four birdies to win the match. Retirement <mask> retired at the age of 34 and bought a ranch in Texas.<mask> became a television golf commentator in the 1960s and 1970s. This was the first regularly-held PGA Tour event to be named for a professional golfer, and the tournament had previously been staged as the Dallas Open. He placed in the top 10 six times between 1947 and 1955, and as high as 15th in 1965, despite being a former Masters champion. <mask> did not win a major from 1947 to 1955. <mask> had not won before, but he did win the Bing Crosby Pro-Am in 1951. He won the French Open in 1955. After his 1951 Crosby victory, <mask> gave paid golf exhibitions for many years.<mask> published his memoirs "How I played the game" in 1993. <mask> played with many famous people, including Roone Arledge, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Bobby Knight, Ed Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Lawrence Welk, and Babe Zaharias. From the 1950s to the 1970s, <mask> was a coach and mentor to several rising golf talents, including World Golf Hall of Fame members Ken Venturi and Tom Watson, and the dominant amateur Harvie. <mask> died on September 26, 2006 <mask> died at his home in Texas, according to a family friend. He was survived by his wife of nearly 20 years, sister Margaret Ellen Sherman, and brother Charles, who was a professor at ACU. <mask> met his second wife when she volunteered at a celebrity golf tournament.<mask> was often referred to as "<mask>", after the English poet by that name, in recognition of his reputation for gentlemanly conduct, a nickname given him by an Atlanta sports journalist. B. Keeler. This reputation was mentioned in many of his obituaries. <mask> was a golf commentator for several years. He broadcasted the 1966 U.S. Open for ABC Sports. <mask>'s comments as Arnold Palmer let slip a big lead to Billy Casper on the final nine holes: "A few holes ago, everybody thought this championship was over." The strangest game in the world is golf.It was at the 1974 U.S. Open that <mask> met Watson for the first time, and the two connected after he let a big lead get away in the final round. <mask> was ranked as the fifth greatest golfer of all time in 2000. Jack Nicklaus was first, <mask>'s rivals Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were second and third, and Bobby Jones was fourth. He was ranked seventh on the all-time greatest golfer list by a panel of Sports Illustrated. The United States Golf Association and golf manufacturers use the "IronByron" robot, developed by Battelle Memorial Institute and True Temper Sports, to compare and test clubs and balls for conformity to standards, and it was named for <mask>. <mask> was the straightest golfer Jack Nicklaus had ever seen, according to his 1978 book On and Off the Fairway. <mask> finished tied for 15th at the Masters in 1965, but a 14-year-old Nicklaus was in the crowd.<mask> gave an exhibition hitting golf shots. The street that <mask> lived on was recently changed to Eleven Straight Lane in honor of his 1945 record. The HP Byron Nelson Championship is played at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Irving, Texas. A street in Southlake, Texas, named after him, as well as a street in a residential neighborhood in McAllen, Texas, were named in his honor. The Congressional Gold medal is the highest award bestowed by the Legislative Branch of the United States government. Mr. <mask> has made significant contributions to the game of golf as a player, a teacher, and a commentator. The resolution was sponsored by Representative Michael C. Burgess before <mask>'s death.On June 27, 2007, the widow of a man was presented with a medal. On April 23, 2007, the Northwest Independent School District named their second high school. This is the first high school to be named after a person. The school is located in Texas near <mask>'s hometown. The school's auditorium has two portraits of <mask> hanging there. Three choppers built by Orange County Choppers were auctioned off.

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texts: The American is a former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the NBA. He was a basketball player at Kansas State. One of the top all-time scoring leaders at Kansas State University, he spent his college career there. He was coached by Jim Wooldridge in his first three seasons and Bob Huggins in his senior year. He went to the NBA draft but didn't make it. He played for the Turkish Basketball League's Antalya Bykehir Belediyesi in his first professional year. He was selected in the first round of the 2008 NBA Development League Draft by the Iowa Energy.He was signed to a 10-day contract by Charlotte on January 29, 2009, and averaged 20.6 points per game in 21 games with the Iowa Energy. He was named to the D-League All-Star Game in 2009, but did not compete due to his status with the Bobcat. He was signed by the Bobcats to a second 10-day contract on February 8, and then signed for the rest of the season on February 18. He signed a 2-year contract with Benetton Treviso in July of 2009. He came back to the Iowa Energy in December of 2009. <mask> was signed to a 10-day contract by the Golden State Warriors. He returned to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League after his second 10-day expired.<mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Wizards. He joined the Wizards for the rest of the season. The Wizards invited <mask> to their training camp for the 2010–11 season. He was released by the Wizards on April 6, 2011. He joined the Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association on July 10. <mask> returned to Iowa Energy on March 4, 2012 after playing in China. He was signed by the Wizards on March 28.<mask> re-signed with the Wizards. On October 15, he joined the Atlanta Hawks. On January 7, he was no longer with the Hawks. He averaged 6.6 points per game in 25 games. He signed a 10-day contract with the Bulls on January 10. He signed a second 10-day contract with the Bulls on January 20. After his second 10-day contract expired, he was not signed for the rest of the season.The Atlanta Hawks signed <mask> to a 10-day contract on February 1. He signed a second 10-day contract with the Hawks on February 11. He signed with the Hawks on February 21. The Detroit Pistons signed <mask> on August 18. In 23 games with Detroit, <mask> averaged 1.6 points, 0.9 rebound and 0.5 assists in 8.6 minutes per game. He exercised his player option for the 2015–16 season with the Pistons. He was released by the Pistons on October 23, 2015.He was selected by the Iowa Energy with the fourth overall pick in the NBA Development League draft. He was released by Iowa on January 12. The Iowa Energy acquired <mask> on October 29, 2016 <mask> was let go by the Energy. He was acquired by the Bulls three days later. In the summer of 2017, <mask> played for The Stickmen in The Basketball Tournament. He competed for a $2 million prize, and for The Stickmen, he averaged over 15 points per game.<mask> helped take The Stickmen to the second round of the tournament, but they lost to Team Challenge. NBA.com Draft Profile TBL Stat.net Profile 1984 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in Italy

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